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Midnight Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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on BBC Two England

Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur
Frank Capra's biting social comedy about a newly elected tame Senator who suddenly decides that he is not prepared to take orders from his sponsors.

This film, in similar vein to Capra's previous benevolent social comedy Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, sees James Stewart in another of his typical slow-speaking honest-young-man roles.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Sidney Buchman
Adapted from a story by:
Lewis R. Foster
Director:
Frank Capra
Jefferson Smith:
James Stewart
Saunders:
Jean Arthur
Senator Joseph Paine:
Claude Rains
Jim Taylor:
Edward Arnold
Governor Hopper:
Guy Kibbee
'Diz' Moore:
Thomas Mitchell
'Chick' McCann:
Eugene Pallette
Vice-President of Congress:
Harry Carey
Susan Paine:
Astrid Allwyn
Mrs. Hopper:
Ruth Donnelly
Source: Radio Times

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